You know you’re a real Haight resident if you…

Mourned Jake, the English bulldog 'mayor of Haight St.,' who died in 2012. (He was the longtime mascot at Bladerunners Hair Studio).

Mourned Jake, the English bulldog 'mayor of Haight St.,' who died in 2012. (He was the longtime mascot at Bladerunners Hair Studio).

Photo: Mike Kepka / The Chronicle

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Attended the 'funeral' for the Silly Pink Bunny art piece at Haight and Laguna or contributed to the Bronze Bunny Kickstarter campaign.

Attended the 'funeral' for the Silly Pink Bunny art piece at Haight and Laguna or contributed to the Bronze Bunny Kickstarter campaign.

Photo: Jessica Olthof / The Chronicle

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Saw the Grateful Dead or Janis Joplin at the Straight Theater, formerly the Haight Theater at Haight and Cole. (Shown are Jerry Garcia and Joplin in a still from the documentary film 'Festival Express')

Saw the Grateful Dead or Janis Joplin at the Straight Theater, formerly the Haight Theater at Haight and Cole. (Shown are Jerry Garcia and Joplin in a still from the documentary film 'Festival Express')

Photo: Courtesy / Apollo Films

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Know which local business has its own TV show (Loved to Death, featured on Science Channel's Oddities: San Francisco).

Know which local business has its own TV show (Loved to Death, featured on Science Channel's Oddities: San Francisco).

Photo: Douglas Zimmerman / SFGate

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Are heavily involved in Wiggle politics.

Are heavily involved in Wiggle politics.

Photo: Michael Short / Special to the Chronicle

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Are too cool for tie-dye. (Photo from a 'Jerry Day' celebration at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park).

Are too cool for tie-dye. (Photo from a 'Jerry Day' celebration at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park).

Photo: Brant Ward / The Chronicle

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Got kicked out by Bruno for incorrectly ordering a martini at Aub Zam Zam (the bar's legendary owner died in 2000).

Got kicked out by Bruno for incorrectly ordering a martini at Aub Zam Zam (the bar's legendary owner died in 2000).

Photo: Megan Farmer / The Chronicle

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Get the creeps passing the Charles Manson house on Cole St.

Get the creeps passing the Charles Manson house on Cole St.

Photo: Associated Press

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Rocked out on the weekends at Rock&Bowl before Park Bowl was turned into Amoeba Music in 1996.

Rocked out on the weekends at Rock&Bowl before Park Bowl was turned into Amoeba Music in 1996.

Photo: Frederic Larson / The Chronicle

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Have many of those yellow Amoeba bags lying around the house…

Have many of those yellow Amoeba bags lying around the house…

Photo: Katy Raddatz / The Chronicle

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…but know the stars shop at Rooky Ricardo's.

…but know the stars shop at Rooky Ricardo's.

Photo: Mike Kepka / SFC

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Attended the Hippie Funeral at Buena Vista Park in October of '67.

Attended the Hippie Funeral at Buena Vista Park in October of '67.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Have never felt the desire to photograph the Piedmont Boutique legs.

Have never felt the desire to photograph the Piedmont Boutique legs.

Photo: Brant Ward / San Francisco Chronicle

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Never wash your beer-stained Toronado t-shirt.

Never wash your beer-stained Toronado t-shirt.

Photo: Douglas Zimmerman

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Work out at the greatest free 'gym' in the city, Kezar Stadium.

Work out at the greatest free 'gym' in the city, Kezar Stadium.

Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle

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Were disappointed when Supervisor London Breed deleted her combative Twitter account after a tweet about bicyclists' 'bad behavior.'

Were disappointed when Supervisor London Breed deleted her combative Twitter account after a tweet about bicyclists' 'bad behavior.'

Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle

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Dropped LSD at the '67 Human Be-In or know somebody who knows somebody who did.

Dropped LSD at the '67 Human Be-In or know somebody who knows somebody who did.

Photo: File / AP

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Thought it a sign of the apocalypse when a Gap store moved in at the corner of Haight and Ashbury (it's now an RVCA).

Thought it a sign of the apocalypse when a Gap store moved in at the corner of Haight and Ashbury (it's now an RVCA).

Photo: Jeff Chiu / AP

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Know the best place to buy dead bugs or bats (Mystery Mister Antiques).

Know the best place to buy dead bugs or bats (Mystery Mister Antiques).

Photo: Douglas Zimmerman / SFGate

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You get your tots at Rickybobby

You get your tots at Rickybobby

Photo: John Storey / The Chronicle

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Congregated (mostly for protests) at the Psychedelic Shop.

Congregated (mostly for protests) at the Psychedelic Shop.

Photo: File / San Francisco Chronicle

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Are sad the neighborhood has gone from debating wars to debating the sit/lie law.

Are sad the neighborhood has gone from debating wars to debating the sit/lie law.

Photo: Brant Ward / The Chronicle

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Have closely watched the recovery of the building at Haight and Fillmore, gutted by a fire two years ago (plus, you're ready to start chowing on Three Twins again).

Have closely watched the recovery of the building at Haight and Fillmore, gutted by a fire two years ago (plus, you're ready to start chowing on Three Twins again).

Photo: Douglas Zimmerman / SFGate

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Never struggle for a Halloween costume with so many clothing stores, Mendel's, and Costumes on Haight (shown above) at your disposal.

Never struggle for a Halloween costume with so many clothing stores, Mendel's, and Costumes on Haight (shown above) at your disposal.

Photo: Penni Gladstone / The Chronicle

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You call Haight Street Market just Gus'. (Mayor Ed Lee pays a visit to the market in 2012)

You call Haight Street Market just Gus'. (Mayor Ed Lee pays a visit to the market in 2012)

Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle

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Went to a Diggers Free Store or got a Free Frame of Reference.

Went to a Diggers Free Store or got a Free Frame of Reference.

Photo: Gene Anthony / UPI Archive / Chronicle File Photo

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You're glad the Red Victorian bed and breakfast is still around, but you really miss the Red Vic movie theater.

You're glad the Red Victorian bed and breakfast is still around, but you really miss the Red Vic movie theater.

Photo: Sarah Adler / Chronicle file photo

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Know the record store where you might find a world-famous DJ spinning electronica for free. (Vinyl Dreams at Haight and Steiner; here Thomas Fehlmann of The Orb plays before a show in S.F. in September).

Know the record store where you might find a world-famous DJ spinning electronica for free. (Vinyl Dreams at Haight and Steiner; here Thomas Fehlmann of The Orb plays before a show in S.F. in September).

Photo: Douglas Zimmerman / SFGate

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Weren't that shocked when Sean Farrell, the 4-year-old subject of the documentary 'Following Sean,' said he smoked pot at his Haight apartment in the '60s.

Weren't that shocked when Sean Farrell, the 4-year-old subject of the documentary 'Following Sean,' said he smoked pot at his Haight apartment in the '60s.

Photo: Courtesy / Timed Exposures

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Know at least four different places to buy a pipe of some variety.

Know at least four different places to buy a pipe of some variety.

Photo: Kurt Rogers / The Chronicle

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Pick up at least 50 percent of your apartment's furniture directly from the street.

Pick up at least 50 percent of your apartment's furniture directly from the street.

Photo: Jessica Pons / The Chronicle

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Our ‘real locals’ series has moved into San Francisco neighborhoods, so we had to trip to the Haight. Real residents know nobody calls it the “Haight-Ashbury” except for guidebooks, that the lower and upper halves are distinct entities, and that the neighborhood goes way beyond hippies and hippie kitsch. So check out the items above, compiled with the help of our newsroom experts, and let us know if we missed any.